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CHAPTER 6 — INTEGRATION COMPLETE
Author: Micci
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I hit concrete hard. The impact jolts through my spine, but my lungs are already screaming, dragging in air that tastes like copper and sand.

I roll onto my side, coughing. Sand pours out from my mouth, my nose, even my ears. It's everywhere, caked in my clothes, grinding against my skin with every movement.

My throat feels thick, coated. I gag and retch, bile and more sand splattering the pavement.

My arms shake as I push up to my hands and knees. The coughing finally stops, leaving me hollow and trembling on the ground.

Then it hits me.

I freeze, staring at the same ground I was stabbed.

The memory slams back with brutal clarity when it replays what went down till that last moment.

I force myself to look around, dreading what I might see. The street is still chaos. Buildings on fire. Overturned cars. Blood everywhere. And the infected? They're still here. Dozens of them, shambling through the wreckage to hunt for prey.

But they're not attacking me.

I'm sitting in the open, covered
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